Google It Support Course 2: The Bites and Bytes Of Computer Networking

• Course Introduction
• Earn a dual Google/CompTIA A+ credential
• Cables
• The TCPIP Five-Layer Network Model
• Supplementary Reading for The OSI Networking Model
• TCP and UDP Packets
• Alex Why Networking
• TCP/IP
• Cable
• Hubs and Switches
• Routers Details
• Servers and Clients
• Being A Network Engineer
• Setting Up a Network
• Networking Devices
• Moving Bits Across the Wire
• Twisted Pair Cabling and Duplexing
• Supplemental Reading for Ethernet Over Twisted Pair Technologies
• Supplemental Reading for Ethernet Over Twisted Pair Technologies
• Supplemental Reading for Twisted Pair Ethernet: Crossover Cables
• Network Ports and Patch Panels
• The Physical Layer
• Ethernet and MAC Addresses
• Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast
• Dissecting an Ethernet Frame
• Victor Escobedo Practical Experience in IT
• The Data Link Layer
• Layers in Networking Models
• Week 2: Introduction to The Network Layer
• The Network Layer
• IP Addresses
• IP Datagrams and Encapsulation
• IP Address Classes
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Looking up IP Addresses
• Subnetting
• Subnet Masks
• Basic Binary Math
• CIDR
• Motivation
• Subnetting
• Routing Concepts
• Routing Tables
• Interior Gateway Protocols
• Exterior Gateway Protocols
• Supplemental Reading for Routing Protocol Examples
• Non-Routable Address Space
• Supplemental Reading for RFCs and Standards
• Routing
• The Network Layer
• Week 3: Introduction to the Transport and Application Layers
• The Transport Layer
• Dissection of a TCP Segment
• TCP Control Flags and the Three-way Handshake
• TCP Socket States
• Connection-oriented and Connectionless Protocols
• Supplemental Reading for System Ports versus Ephemeral Ports
• Firewalls
• The Transport Layer
• The Application Layer
• The Application Layer and the OSI Model
• All the Layers Working in Unison
• Learner Story: Daniel
• The Application Layer
• The Transport and Application Layer
• The Five-Layer Network Model
• Week 4: Introduction to Network Services
• Why do we need DNS?
• The Many Steps of Name Resolution
• DNS and UDP
• Name Resolution
• Resource Record Types
• Anatomy of a Domain Name
• DNS Zones
• Name Resolution in Practice
• DHCP
• DHCP in Action
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• NAT Details
• NAT and the Transport Layer
• NAT, Non-Routable Address Space and the Limits of IPv4
• Supplemental Reading for IPv4 Address Exhaustion
• Network Address Translation
• Virtual Private Networks
• Proxy Services
• VPNs: Legal or Illegal?
• VPNs & Proxies
• Networking Services Simulation
• Networking Services
• Week 5 : Introduction to Connecting to the Internet
• Dial-up, Modems and Point-to-Point Protocols
• POTS and Dial-up
• What is broadband
• T-Carrier Technologies
• Digital Subscriber Lines
• Cable Broadband
• Fiber Connections
• Supplemental Reading for Broadband Protocols
• Broadband Internet
• Wide Area Network Technologies
• Supplemental Reading for WAN Protocols
• Point-to-Point VPNs
• Wireless Networking Technologies
• Wi-Fi 6
• Alphabet Soup: Wi-Fi Standards
• IoT Data Transfer Protocols
• Wireless Network Configurations
• Wireless Channels
• Wireless Security
• Protocols & Encryption
• Cellular Networking
• Mobile Device Networks
• Reading for Mobile Device Networks
• Wireless Networking
• Week 6 : Introduction to Troubleshooting and the Future of Networking
• Ping: Internet Control Message Protocol
• Command Line Troubleshooting Tools
• Traceroute
• Testing Port Connectivity
• Reading for Testing Port Connectivity
• Supplemental Reading for Testing Port Connectivity
• Name Resolution Tools
• Public DNS Servers
• DNS Registration and Expiration
• Hosts Files
• Digging into DNS
• What is The Cloud?
• Everything as a Service
• Cloud Storage
• Digital Footprints in the Cloud
• The Cloud
• IPv6 Addressing and Subnetting
• IPv6 Headers
• IPv6 and IPv4 Harmony
• Reading for IPv6 and IPv4 Harmony
• IPv6
• Interview Role Play: Networking